Kana Reminder

Do you have all descriptions of the settings inside settings file?

Question:

Do you have all descriptions of the settings inside settings file?

Answer:

Settings file is the file where the configurations for Kana Reminder are saved. Look at Where are the data and settings files saved? for information about where you can find this file.

The settings can be categorized into 2 groups:

Settings that are set by program.
These settings are usually can be changed from user interface.
Settings that need to be set manually.
These settings need to be edited directly on the settings file. Editing the settings directly is needed because there are so many customizations available in this release of Kana Reminder, and they cannot be fitted on the user interface.

The format of the settings file is a regular text file. The file can be edited by using Notepad. Below, all of those settings are explained.

Settings that are set by program

The settings explained in this section should not need manual editing because it can be set from user interface, or it will be set by the program.

Dialogs Section
```
[Dialogs]
DontShowExitDialog=0
DontShowDeleteDialog=0
DontShowOverdueDialog=0
```
[Dialogs] section contains settings for message dialog that has "Don´t show this message again" option. There are 3 dialogs currently have this option: when exiting Kana Reminder from system tray popup menu, when deleting the reminder data, and when setting reminder time, which is older than current time. These settings should not be edited manually.

Sounds Section

[Sounds]
RepeatSound=0
RepeatSoundIdx=0
UseCustomSound=1
CustomSoundFile=F:\Programs\Kana Reminder\Notes.wav
UsePCSpeaker=0
PCSpeakerIdx=0

[Sounds] section contains settings for sound tab on main window. These settings should not be edited manually.

MRUSoundList Section
```
[MRUSoundList]
1="F:\Programs\Kana Reminder\Notes.wav"
2="F:\Programs\Kana Reminder\Wooeep.wav"
```
[MRUSoundList] section contains the list of the location of the sound file that will be displayed on sound tab on main window. These settings should not be edited manually.
HotKeys Section
```
[HotKeys]
HKViewMainMod=6
HKViewMainVir=83
HKAddRemMod=6
HKAddRemVir=65
HKShowTrigMod=0
HKShowTrigVir=0
```
[HotKeys] section contains settings for hotkeys that entered from options tab on main window. These settings should not be edited manually.
Columns Section
```
[Columns]
Col1=123
Col2=253
```
[Columns] section contains settings for the width of column header on reminder list. These settings should not be edited manually.
PlaySoundMRUList Section
```
[PlaySoundMRUList]
1="F:\Programs\Kana Reminder\Notes.wav"
```
[PlaySoundMRUList] section contains the list of the location of the sound file that will be displayed on sound tab on add/edit reminder window. These settings should not be edited manually.

RunProgMRUList Section

[RunProgMRUList]
1=""G:\Data\Batch Script\Defragf.bat" "
2=""G:\Data\Batch Script\Defragf.bat" volume=30 quiet"
3=""G:\Data\Batch Script\Defragf.bat""
4=""G:\Data\Batch Script\Defragg.bat""
5=""F:\Programs\Kana Reminder\Bells.wav""
6=""G:\Data\Batch Script\Defrage.bat""
7=""G:\Data\Batch Script\Defragd.bat""
8=""G:\Data\Batch Script\Defragc.bat""
9=""G:\Downloads\Misc Software\GRC Software\wizmo.exe" volume=30 quiet"
10=""C:\Program Files\Today\Today.exe" "

[RunProgMRUList] section contains the list of the file location that will be displayed on the options tab on add/edit reminder window. These settings should not be edited manually.

ProgMRUList Section
```
[ProgMRUList]
1="G:\Data\Batch Script\Defragf.bat"
2="cmd32.exe"
3="defrag"
4="C:\Program Files\Today\Today.exe"
5="G:\Downloads\Misc Software\GRC Software\wizmo.exe"
```
[ProgMRUList] section contains the list of the location of the file that will be displayed on programs box on the entering program window when you add/edit reminder window. These settings should not be edited manually.
ParaMRUList Section
```
[ParaMRUList]
1="volume=30 quiet"
2="defrag F: /v > c:\defragf.txt"
3="F: /v > c:\defragf.txt"
4="G:\Data\My Documents\garbo.tpp"
5="volume=10 quiet"
6="volume=40 quiet"
```
[ParaMRUList] section contains the list of the parameter text that will be displayed on parameter box on the entering program window when you add/edit reminder window. These settings should not be edited manually.
Options Section
```
[Options]
RunWithWindows=1
TimeAsInterval=0
PopupOnTop=0
AutoPopup=0
AutoClose=0
AutoCloseIdx=0
GlobalPass=
AlwaysUsePass=0
UseCustomIcon=1
```
[Options] section contains customizations settings. Some of the settings in this section (as displayed above) are set from user interface. Some of them (explained later) need to be set manually by editing the setting file.
Icons Section
```
[Icons]
NormalIconFile=F:\Programs\Kana Reminder\Reminder.exe
NormalIconIndex=0
```
[Icons] section is available when you choose to use custom icons for Kana Reminder tray icon. The settings in this section are set from the options tab on main window.

Settings that are set manually

The settings explained in this section need to be edited manually. To make a change on these settings, open your setting file (the name of the file is usually Reminder.ini) on Notepad, make the changes, and save the file. Some changes will take effect immediately; some will need to restart Kana Reminder.

There are 3 sections currently available to set:

Settings inside [Options] section
Settings inside [IconDate] section
Settings inside [UserIcons] section

Settings inside [Options] section

These settings need to be placed under the [Options] section of your setting file. There should not be any other line with square bracket above the setting other than the [Options] line. Otherwise, the setting will belong to other section.

If the setting is not available, default value is assumed.

RoundSecond=1

This setting is to round the second part of the reminder time into zero. When this setting is set, you can only set the hour and minute part of reminder time. Although the second part can be changed from the time setting box, it will be ignored when the reminder data is saved.

Valid values are 1 (enable) or 0 (disable). Default value is 0 (disable).

LogToFile=1

This setting is to enable the log. Valid values are 1 (enable) or 0 (disable). The log file is saved in the same location as the setting file. Look at Where are the data and settings files saved? for information about where you can find this file. The format of the log file is a simple text file, which can be opened by using Notepad. Default value is 0 (disable).

ChangeLogType=2

This setting is to set when the log file should be changed into new file. Valid values are:

0 = no change on log file (default value)

1 = the log file will be changed daily

2 = the log file will be changed weekly

3 = the log file will be changed monthly.

ShowRemBallon=1

This setting is to show the balloon hint when the reminder is triggered. This setting is only valid on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. Valid values are 1 (enable) or 0 (disable). Default value is 1 (enable).

AddAsDefault=0

This setting is to set what action is taken when Kana Reminder tray icon is clicked. Valid values are:

0 = Show Main Window (default)

1 = Add New Reminder

WeekDayIdx=0111111

This setting is to set which days are considered as weekdays. The string in this setting contains 7 characters, which represents the days in a week begin from Sunday. Character 0 in this setting represent the associated day is considered as weekend, character 1 is considered as weekday. The above setting defines Sunday as weekend, and the other days as weekdays. Default setting is 0011111.

DisableControl=0

This setting is to set whether the control on the triggered reminder window will be temporarily disabled or not when the triggered reminder window is displayed. Temporarily disabling the control maybe useful when you have the auto popup reminder window, so when you are typing, you do not accidentally close the window when the reminder popup. Valid values are 1 (activate the disabling feature) or 0 (without disabling feature). Default value is 0. See also DisableControlInt setting.

NOTE: although the controls are disabled, the close button on the top right of the window still can be used to close the window during the disabled state.

DisableControlInt=5

This setting is to set for how long is the controls in triggered reminder window are disabled. See DisableControl for more information on disabling the control in triggered reminder window. Valid values are between 0-59, which represent the time in second. Default value is 10.

RememberReminderType=1

When you add new reminder, by default, the type of reminder displayed is one time reminder. If you often create new reminder of different type, you can use this setting so that that type of reminder will always be displayed when you add new reminder.

Valid values are 1 (activate this setting) or 0 (deactivate this setting). Default value is 0. See also ReminderTypeIndex setting.

ReminderTypeIndex=3

If you set the program to be able to display your favorite reminder type (see RememberReminderType setting), here you can set which type should be displayed.

Valid values are between 0 and 31 (the index of the list base on zero). Default value is 0.

RemindAgainIndex=2

By using this setting, you can set what is default interval for Remind me again within setting in triggered reminder window. The number represents the index of the setting. Valid values are between 0 and 23. Zero represents 5 minutes, 1 represents 10 minutes, etc. Default value is 0 (5 minutes).

ShowCalendar=0

This setting can be used to enable or disable the calendar window. The calendar window is displayed when your mouse pointer is above the Kana Reminder tray icon. Valid values are:

0 = do not display the window

1 = display calendar together with date and time (default)

2 = display only calendar

3 = display only date and time

ShowCalendarDelay=500

This sets the delay time before the calendar window will be displayed when your mouse pointer is above the Kana Reminder tray icon. If before this delay time is passed, you move your mouse pointer away from the tray icon, calendar window will not be displayed. Valid values are between 0 and 20000, where the number represents the time in milliseconds. Default value is 1000 (1 second).

HideCalendarDelay=3

As long as your mouse pointer is above Kana Reminder tray icon, or above calendar window, the calendar window will still appear on screen. When you move your mouse pointer away from the tray icon or calendar window, the calendar window will disappear after a set of time interval. This setting can be used to set for how long the time is passed before the calendar window disappears. Valid values are between 0 and 59, where the number represents the time in seconds. Default value is 10 (10 seconds).

CalPopupDefIdx=8

When you right click the calendar window, a popup menu is displayed. The Add New Reminder menu is used to add new reminder at the selected date. The Date, Time, and Date Time submenu are used to copy the selected date and current time into clipboard. The Show Reminder menu is used to display the reminders on selected date (the reminder will be shown on the list with yellow line). The Goto Today menu is used to display the current date. To select the date, click the desired date once.

By default, none of the popup menu items is set as default action (the default action is executed when you double click the date). This setting can be used to set what the default action is. Valid values are between 1 and 11. Number 1 represents the Add New Reminder menu will be set as default action, 3 represents the copy selected date into clipboard in short date format menu will be set as default action, 11 represents the Show Reminder menu will be set as default action. Default value is 0 (none is set as default action).

NOTE:

The Goto Today menu cannot be selected as default action.
If you click the button on calendar to change the month quickly, the default action may be performed.

DateCalFormat=dddddd
TimeCalFormat=tt

These settings can be used to change the format of the date and time in calendar window. Default format is long date and time format as specified by your operating system. For more information about the valid format, please see the Date and Time format page.

TodayReminderColor=$00AABBCC

If you click the Show Reminder from calendar window popup menu, the reminders on selected date will be displayed on the list with yellow color. This setting can be use to change the color. The AABBCC in the above setting is the HTML color code in reverse order. So, to get the color #FFCC00 (in HTML), you should enter $0000CCFF in this setting. You can also use one of the following constant to specify the color (e.g. TodayReminderColor=clRed):

clScrollBar, clBackground, clActiveCaption, clInactiveCaption, clMenu, clWindow, clWindowFrame, clMenuText, clWindowText, clCaptionText, clActiveBorder, clInactiveBorder, clAppWorkSpace, clHighlight, clHighlightText, clBtnFace, clBtnShadow, clGrayText, clBtnText, clInactiveCaptionText, clBtnHighlight, cl3DDkShadow, cl3DLight, clInfoText, clInfoBk, clBlack, clMaroon, clGreen, clOlive, clNavy, clPurple, clTeal, clGray, clSilver, clRed, clime, clYellow, clBlue, clFuchsia, clAqua, clLtGray, clDkGray, clWhite, clNone, clDefault

GroupList=0

If running on Windows XP, the reminder list is displayed in group by default. You can use this setting to revert it back into regular list. Valid values are 0 (no group) and 1 (group). Default value is 1.

NOTE: You may need to resort the list (by clicking the list header) in order for the change to take effect.

AlwaysIgnoreOverdue=1

When you use the Remind me again within setting on triggered reminder window, the setting time for the reminder data is not changed, only the triggered time is advanced by the time interval specified on that setting. If after this you restart your computer, the reminder triggered time will be reverted back into its setting time, so it will be triggered again, although the time interval set by the Remind me again within is not passed yet.

If you do not want this behavior, you can set your reminder data to ignore the overdue reminder by checking the Ignore overdue on start setting from options tab on Add/Edit Reminder window. If you want to create new reminder with this setting is always checked, you can use this setting. Valid values are 0 (not checked) and 1 (always checked). Default value is 0.

WindowPositionIdx=1

This setting can be use to specify where the first triggered reminder window will be displayed. Subsequent windows will be positioned next to this window, with priority, first in horizontal direction, and then in vertical direction. Valid values are:

1 = top left

2 = top right

3 = bottom left

4 = bottom right

Default value is 1.

RemHintSeparator='---'

If the reminder text is too long to fit in the reminder list, or if it consists of more than one line, the full reminder text is displayed on reminder list hint. The reminder text and reminder information are separated by three dashes by default. If you want to change these dashes, you can use this setting.

UseNumberIcon=1

Kana Reminder places an icon on Windows´ notification area when it runs. This icon can be customized from the Options tab on main window. If you do not want to use the icon, but instead want to display current date as the icon, you can use this setting. Valid values are 0 (use default icon or icon as specified in Options tab) and 1 (use current date or month as the icon). Default value is 0.

The font style and color, and the format (whether to display current date or month) of the icon can be customized. See the Setting inside [IconDate] section.

TimePickerFormat=HH:mm:ss
DatePickerFormat=dd.MM.yy

These settings can be used to customize the format of the date and time selection box on Add/Edit Reminder window. Default format for these settings depends on your operating system.

The valid format for this setting can be seen from the URL below:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/commctls/

datetime/datetime.asp (wrapped)

DateTimeFormat=dd.MM.yy HH:mm:ss

This setting can be used to customize the date and time displayed on reminder list. Default format is short date and time format as specified by your operating system. See the Date and Time format page for more information about the valid format.

TimeFormat=HH:mm:ss
DateFormat=dd.MM.yy

This setting can be used to customize the date and time format for log file. Default format is short date and time format as specified by your operating system. See the Date and Time format page for more information about the valid format.

UseUserIcons=1

This setting can be used to customize the icons on reminder list. Valid values are 0 (use default icon) and 1 (use your icon). Default value is 0.

If you set this to 1, you need to specify the icon by using the [UserIcons] section. See the Setting inside [UserIcons] section for more information.

Settings inside [IconDate] section

This section is related to the UseNumberIcon setting on [Options] section. If you want to customize the font color and style, and format of the date displayed on the icon, you need to customize this setting. If this section does not exist on your setting file, you need to create it. The safe place to create it is at the beginning of your setting file. Just copy and paste the following lines on the top of your setting file.

[IconDate]
Bold=1
Color=clGreen
Format=d
EmptyBold=0
EmptyColor=clBlack
EmptyFormat=d

Here is the explanation of those settings:

Bold=1

This setting is to make the font in bold or normal stylewhen you have reminder to be triggered today. Valid values are 0 (normal style) and 1 (bold style). Default value is 1.

Color=clMaroon

This setting is to set the color of the icon when you have reminder to be triggered today. See information on TodayReminderColor setting for valid values. Default value is clGreen (green).

Format=d

This setting is to set the format of the date or month of the icon when you have reminder to be triggered today. Default value is d (displays current day as icon as a number without a leading zero). See the Date and Time format page for more information about the valid format.

EmptyBold=0

This setting is to make the font in bold or normal style when you do not have reminder to be triggered today. Valid values are 0 (normal style) and 1 (bold style). Default value is 0.

EmptyColor=clBlack

This setting is to set the color of the icon when you do not have reminder to be triggered today. See information on TodayReminderColor setting for valid values. Default value is clBlack (black).

EmptyFormat=d

This setting is to set the format of the date or month of the icon when you do not have reminder to be triggered today. Default value is d (displays current day as icon as a number without a leading zero). See the Date and Time format page for more information about the valid format.

Settings inside [UserIcons] section

This section is related to the UseUserIcons setting on [Options] section. If you want to customize the icon displayed on reminder list, you need to create and customize this setting. If this section does not exist on your setting file, you need to create it. The safe place to create it is at the beginning of your setting file. Copy and paste the following lines on the top of your setting file.

[UserIcons]
Once=C:\My Icon\Once.ico
Hourly1=C:\My Icon\Hourly1.ico

The above settings will customize the once time reminder icon and display the icon on the list by using the icon file which can be found in this location: C:My Icon\Once.ico, and customize the every one hour reminder icon and display the icon on the list by using the icon file which can be found in this location: C:My Icon\Hourly1.ico.

So, the format for the setting is:

KeyName=Icon file location

Where the list of KeyName are:

Once: for only once reminder
Hourly1: for 1-hour reminder
…
Hourly8: for 8-hour reminder
Daily1: for 1-day reminder
…
Daily6: for 6-day reminder
WeekDay: for weekday reminder
WeekEnd: for weekend reminder
Weekly1: for 1-week reminder
…
Weekly3: for 3-week reminder
Monthly1: for 1-month reminder
…
Monthly11: for 11-month reminder
Yearly: for yearly reminder
Disable: for disable reminder

For custom reminder type, the default icon will be displayed.

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